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An accounting specialist with over 32 years of accounting and finance experience primarily focused on Canadian reporting, consolidations, acquisitions, dispositions and valuations. A leader skilled in audit, management, controls and compliance with exceptional organizational, communication, multi-tasking and problem-solving skills.Financial Reporting Coordinator 1998 to 2003, Manager, Finance 2003 to 2007, Assistant Controller 2007 to 2011, Controller 2011 to 2013 Director Finance and Controller – 2013 to present• Lead Controllership, A/P, Tax and Treasury functions and resource for all other areas of Finance.• Responsible for month end close process and external reporting to owners (OMERS).• Primary corporate finance contact for OMERS to provide timely and pertinent information on various issues which may arise, including valuation. • Finance lead for Oracle Cloud ERP implementation, including chart of accounts hierarchy update.• Responsible for reporting of results by legal entity, operating segments and overall consolidation.• Manage successful completion of the external audit and financial statements, including preparation of audit committee material.• Responsible for corporate and commodity tax compliance.• Responsible for all aspects of debt, credit and covenant compliance.• Lead all policy and accounting updates according to best practices, including IFRS/GAAP, delegation of authority and capitalization.• Direct merger, acquisition and divestiture activities from an accounting perspective, including review of agreements.• Ensure group is compliant with internal control measures such as spreadsheet controls, account reconciliations and performance metrics.• Preparation of budgets, forecasts, analysis and KPIs on a timely basis.• Reporting and tax information for all US locations prior to their wind-up.

Senior Accountant• Experience with compilations, reviews and audits.• Develop plans for, and execution of audit engagements including review of internal controls, system descriptions, policies and procedures.• Internal audit for large billion dollar multi-national chemical company.• Not-for-profit work encompassing college and university clients.• Special engagements have included forensic accounting and retail tax.• Supervision of juniors on various engagements.